Cyber Security: A Crisis of Prioritization - Revision history

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Key Words

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	[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Cyber_Security_as_a_Public_Good \| Cyber Security as a Public Good]],		[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Cyber_Security_as_a_Public_Good \| Cyber Security as a Public Good]],
	[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Department_of_Homeland_Security \| Department of Homeland Security]],		[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Department_of_Homeland_Security \| Department of Homeland Security]],
	[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Research_&_Development \| Research & Development]]		[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Patching \| Patching]],
			[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Research_&_Development \| Research & Development]],
			[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#SCADA_Systems \| SCADA Systems]],
			[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Software_Vulnerability \| Software Vulnerability]]

	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==

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Categorization

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	==Categorization==		==Categorization==
	* Resource by Type: [[US Government Reports and Documents]]		* Resource by Type: [[US Government Reports and Documents]]
			* Issues: [[Incentives]]; [[Public-Private Cooperation]]
			* Approaches: [[Government Organizations]]; [[Technology]]

	==Key Words==		==Key Words==

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Key Words

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	==Key Words==		==Key Words==
	[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#COTS_Software \| COTS Software]],		[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#COTS_Software \| COTS Software]],
			[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Cyber_Security_as_a_Public_Good \| Cyber Security as a Public Good]],
			[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Department_of_Homeland_Security \| Department of Homeland Security]],
			[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Research_&_Development \| Research & Development]]

	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==

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Issue 4: Coordination and Oversight for Federal Cyber Security R&D

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	R&D would be more effective and efficient with significantly stronger		R&D would be more effective and efficient with significantly stronger
	coordination across the Federal government.		coordination across the Federal government.
	''
	The PITAC finds that the overall Federal cyber security R&D effort is currently unfocused and inefficient because of inadequate coordination and oversight. To remedy this situation, PITAC recommends that the Interagency Working Group on Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) become the focal point for coordinating Federal cyber security R&D efforts. This working group should be strengthened and integrated under the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program.''		''The PITAC finds that the overall Federal cyber security R&D effort is currently unfocused and inefficient because of inadequate coordination and oversight. To remedy this situation, PITAC recommends that the Interagency Working Group on Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) become the focal point for coordinating Federal cyber security R&D efforts. This working group should be strengthened and integrated under the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program.''

	==Additional Notes and Highlights==		==Additional Notes and Highlights==
	Expertise Required: None		Expertise Required: None

WikiSysop: /* Issue 3: Translating Research into Effective Cyber Security for the Nation */

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Issue 3: Translating Research into Effective Cyber Security for the Nation

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	quantify in the short term as a return on investment.		quantify in the short term as a return on investment.

	''The PITAC finds that current cyber security technology transfer efforts are not adequate to successfully transition Federal research investments into civilian sector best practices and products. As a result, the PITAC recommends that the Federal government strengthen its cyber security technology transfer partnership with the private sector. Specifically, the Federal government should place greater emphasis on the development of metrics, models, datasets, and testbeds so that new products and best practices can be evaluated; jointly sponsor with the private sector an annual interagency conference at which new cyber security R&D results are showcased; fund technology transfer efforts (in cooperation with industry) by researchers who		''The PITAC finds that current cyber security technology transfer efforts are not adequate to successfully transition Federal research investments into civilian sector best practices and products. As a result, the PITAC recommends that the Federal government strengthen its cyber security technology transfer partnership with the private sector. Specifically, the Federal government should place greater emphasis on the development of metrics, models, datasets, and testbeds so that new products and best practices can be evaluated; jointly sponsor with the private sector an annual interagency conference at which new cyber security R&D results are showcased; fund technology transfer efforts (in cooperation with industry) by researchers who have developed promising ideas or technologies; and encourage Federally supported graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to gain experience in industry as researchers, interns, or consultants.''
	have developed promising ideas or technologies; and encourage Federally supported graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to gain experience in industry as researchers, interns, or consultants.''

	===Issue 4: Coordination and Oversight for Federal Cyber Security R&D===		===Issue 4: Coordination and Oversight for Federal Cyber Security R&D===

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Issue 2: The Cyber Security Fundamental Research Community

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	retain faculty.		retain faculty.

	''The PITAC finds that the Nation’s cyber security research community is too small to adequately support the cyber security research and education programs necessary to protect the United States. The PITAC recommends that the Federal government intensify its efforts to promote recruitment and retention of cyber security researchers and students at research universities, with a goal of at least doubling the size of the civilian cyber security fundamental research community by the end of the decade. In particular, the Federal government should increase and		''The PITAC finds that the Nation’s cyber security research community is too small to adequately support the cyber security research and education programs necessary to protect the United States. The PITAC recommends that the Federal government intensify its efforts to promote recruitment and retention of cyber security researchers and students at research universities, with a goal of at least doubling the size of the civilian cyber security fundamental research community by the end of the decade. In particular, the Federal government should increase and stabilize funding for fundamental research in civilian cyber security, and should support programs that enable researchers to move into cyber security research from other fields.''
	stabilize funding for fundamental research in civilian cyber security, and should support programs that enable researchers to move into cyber security research from other fields.''

	===Issue 3: Translating Research into Effective Cyber Security for the Nation===		===Issue 3: Translating Research into Effective Cyber Security for the Nation===

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Key Words

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	* Resource by Type: [[US Government Reports and Documents]]		* Resource by Type: [[US Government Reports and Documents]]

	==Key Words==		==Key Words==
			[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#COTS_Software \| COTS Software]],


	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==

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Additional Notes and Highlights

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	==Additional Notes and Highlights==		==Additional Notes and Highlights==
			Expertise Required: None

WikiSysop: /* Issue 4: Coordination and Oversight for Federal Cyber Security R&D */

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Issue 4: Coordination and Oversight for Federal Cyber Security R&D

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	coordination across the Federal government.		coordination across the Federal government.
	''		''
	The PITAC finds that the overall Federal cyber security R&D effort is currently		The PITAC finds that the overall Federal cyber security R&D effort is currently unfocused and inefficient because of inadequate coordination and oversight. To remedy this situation, PITAC recommends that the Interagency Working Group on Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) become the focal point for coordinating Federal cyber security R&D efforts. This working group should be strengthened and integrated under the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program.''
	unfocused and inefficient because of inadequate coordination and oversight. To
	remedy this situation, PITAC recommends that the Interagency Working Group on
	Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) become the focal point for
	coordinating Federal cyber security R&D efforts. This working group should be
	strengthened and integrated under the Networking and Information Technology
	Research and Development (NITRD) Program.''

	==Additional Notes and Highlights==		==Additional Notes and Highlights==

WikiSysop: /* Issue 3: Translating Research into Effective Cyber Security for the Nation */

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Issue 3: Translating Research into Effective Cyber Security for the Nation

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	quantify in the short term as a return on investment.		quantify in the short term as a return on investment.

	''The PITAC finds that current cyber security technology transfer efforts are not		''The PITAC finds that current cyber security technology transfer efforts are not adequate to successfully transition Federal research investments into civilian sector best practices and products. As a result, the PITAC recommends that the Federal government strengthen its cyber security technology transfer partnership with the private sector. Specifically, the Federal government should place greater emphasis on the development of metrics, models, datasets, and testbeds so that new products and best practices can be evaluated; jointly sponsor with the private sector an annual interagency conference at which new cyber security R&D results are showcased; fund technology transfer efforts (in cooperation with industry) by researchers who
	adequate to successfully transition Federal research investments into civilian sector		have developed promising ideas or technologies; and encourage Federally supported graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to gain experience in industry as researchers, interns, or consultants.''
	best practices and products. As a result, the PITAC recommends that the Federal
	government strengthen its cyber security technology transfer partnership with the
	private sector. Specifically, the Federal government should place greater emphasis on
	the development of metrics, models, datasets, and testbeds so that new products and
	best practices can be evaluated; jointly sponsor with the private sector an annual
	interagency conference at which new cyber security R&D results are showcased;
	fund technology transfer efforts (in cooperation with industry) by researchers who
	have developed promising ideas or technologies; and encourage Federally supported
	graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to gain experience in industry as
	researchers, interns, or consultants.''

	===Issue 4: Coordination and Oversight for Federal Cyber Security R&D===		===Issue 4: Coordination and Oversight for Federal Cyber Security R&D===

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	[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Cyber_Security_as_a_Public_Good \| Cyber Security as a Public Good]],		[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Cyber_Security_as_a_Public_Good \| Cyber Security as a Public Good]],
	[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Department_of_Homeland_Security \| Department of Homeland Security]],		[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Department_of_Homeland_Security \| Department of Homeland Security]],
	[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Research_&_Development \| Research & Development]]		[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Patching \| Patching]],
			[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Research_&_Development \| Research & Development]],
			[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#SCADA_Systems \| SCADA Systems]],
			[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Software_Vulnerability \| Software Vulnerability]]

	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==